Pediatric Surgery
Lymphatic Anomalies
This podcast is an interactive discussion about lymphatic malformations between Dr. Todd Ponsky, Dr. Belinda Dickie, Dr. Steve Fishman and Dr. Denise Adams.
Dr. Belinda Dickie is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and a Pediatric Surgeon at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Steven Fishman is the Co-Director of the Vascular Anomalies Center and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Denise Adams is the Co-Director of the Vascular Anomalies Center at Boston Children's Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical school.
Sections
- Introduction (00:00)
- New Classification System for Lymphatic Malformations (02:02)
- How does the classification system help clinically? (04:20)
- Case: Truncal Mass (06:32)
- Role of Surgery vs Sclerotherapy (08:35)
- Medical Therapy (13:28)
- What are the chances that a small lesion goes away on its own? (21:29)
- When is it ok to observe and what does observation mean? (25:20)
- What imaging should be performed? (28:30)
- Sclerotherapy regimen (31:46)
- How is sclerotherapy performed? (32:45)
- Who is performing sclerotherapy around the world? (35:50)
- Who should be referred to specialized centers? (38:36)
- Summary and Conclusion (41:21)
